Card-vending machine



yApril 21,1925. 1,534,280

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l' which of course, is dependent upon the thickness of the cards to be vended.

The delivery slide may be pushed back without introduction of the coin but in such case rearward movement of the slide is limited by the engagement of t-he hook 28 with the cross bar 30. The latch is held by a spring arm 37 (Fig. 3) in position for operative engagement with the cross bars, and lugs 38-38 are struck up from the keeper plate on opposite sides of the latch to retain it in operative registration with the slot 30. Another lug 39 is also struck up from the keeper plate and the spring arm 37 is retained in operative engagement with the latch between the lugs 38 Vand 39. If a coin is inserted in the opening 20 upon the base bar and the delivery slide is pushed rearward it will carry the coin along supported on the base bar until the coin engages the projection 29 of the latch, whereupon the latch will be lifted sufficiently to cause the hook 28 to clear both of the cross bars 30-30. The coin is retained in place within the opening 20 and upon the base bar to support the latch until the delivery bar has completed its rearward movement,

at which time the edge 33 of the delivery finger is positioned back of the rear edge of the bottom card in the stack and the coin opening 20 is registered with the opening 2l in the base bar permitting the coin to drop through the openings 22 and 19 into the compartment 10. On the return or forward movement of the delivery slide the bottom card is ejected sufficiently from the machine to permit the purchaser to remove it from the table 36.

I prefer to provide two cross bars 30 and 30 so that if the hook should, for any reason, fail to engage the lirst cross bar 30 it may still engage the second cross bar 30 and thus guard against misuse of the machine. For instance, if a perforated washer was substituted for the proper coin, it would, when the slide was pushed back, act on the projection 29 and raise the hook 28 out of the path of the cross bar 30, but the projection would drop into the perforation in the washer in time for the hook 28 to catch the cross bar 30 thereby preventing the slide from proceeding far enough to the rear to effect the delivery of a card.

t is customary in machines of this kind to provide a glass front 40 for holding an advertising, or show card 41 therein. lTo

permit the glass front to be easily and readily removed for changing the card l support the glass front and the card on a ledge 42, forming part of the cabinet, and provided with a bead 42 to engage the lower edge of the glass front. The top of the cabinet is provided with a groove 43 to receive the upper edge of the glass and this groove is of sufficient depth to permit the glass to be lifted to clear the bead 42. For locking the glassvin place I provide a screw 44 which is secured in the top of the cabinet and projects through the slot 43 above the glass front to prevent the glass front from being lifted to clear the bead 42. This is a simple construction and arrangement of parts which permits changing the card without opening the cabinet or any part ot' the mechanism.

My invention is simple in construction, it can be easily made in a strong and substantial manner by stamping the parts from sheet metal and it insures accuracy of operation and is proof against fraudulent operation. The removability of the entire delivery mechanism without taking the machine apart or necessitating the removal of the card supply is important because it is convenient to assemble the parts in units and permits removal of the delivery mechanism whenever it is required for repair or replacement with the least amount of mechanical skill.

I have described the invention as embodied in a machine for vending cards but it will readily be understood that it can be y 1,534,280' 1p i '3` embodied in machines, for vending chewing Agum or any other articles vto which it can `be adapted. n'

It "is desirable, of course, that the "delivery mechanism should only be operated by a coin of predetermined size for `which `the coin opening in the delivery slideV is made, and to prevent operation of thermechf anism byV smaller coins the coin opening 2l in the base bar iscontinued forward in the ormof a somewhat narrow :extension 21 which "will permit a coin smaller than the predetermined coin to fall through whereas the predetermined coin will slide upon the `base bar above the side edges of the eX- Iam aware that changes in the form,

proportion and arrangement of parts mayv be made without departing from thespirit and without sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention and I reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the ,following claims. y, w

I claim:

1.` In a vending machine, a magazine `for articles to be vended, a door for closing the magazine, a coincompartment closed by the y said magazine door, a second door for closing the coin compartment only,` a coin controlled delivery mechanism, a means for detachably'securing said delivery mechanism..` to said com compartment, said securlng means being 'controlled fromwahin said n coin compartment.

2. I'n a vending machine, a magazine for articlesto be vended, a door for closing the magazine, a secondcompartment closed by said magazine door, a second door for clos` ing said second compartment onlya coin controlled delivery mechanism, and a means :for detachably securing said deliverymech-` l anism to said second compartment, said se` curing means being controlled from within said second compartment.

3. In a vending machine, a magazine forarticlesto be vended, a door for closing the magazine, a coin compartment closed by 'n said magazine door, a second door for closmentand a second door covering said first named door and closing said second compartment.

JOHN F. MEYER 

